“Forestalls it, prevents it maybe, but forestalls it for at least 10 years” —Ratey on Alzheimer’s decline

“You use more brain cells exercising then in any other human activity.” - Ratey

“The more obese you are the less fit you are the less fit your brain is.” - Ratey

“Ifyou get a depressed person to exercise, which is hard, three to fourtimes a week then they are going to have as a good a response asincreasing medicine.” - Ratey

“The Brain changes every time you learn something or acquire a new skill. The brain is plastic.” ­­ —DR. Merzenich

“Thereare a whole variety of ways to engage your brain to our advantage. Youcan be on a continuous path of new learning and new skills, you canengage on taking in information from the world, or you can continue tooperate your brain in a problem solving way aggressively.” —DR.Merzenich

“Thehope is if you can retain you functionality at a high level in life youcan delay these processes” —DR. Merzenich on Alzheimer’s prevention.”

“Weare changing he neurology of the brain, so it’s operating with greaterpower and greater resolution.”­­ —DR. Merzenich on BrainHQ

“We believe schizophrenia is probably preventable by training an individual at risk at onset.” —DR. Merzenich